Solo My Fortune

[Septimus]

Fall 55th, 512AV Early Morning The streets of Riverfall were magnificent. However, one wrong move and you could find yourself tumbling over the waterfall and into the bay extremely far below. Septimus was just going to get out, allow her mind to ease itself from the terrible and scarring dream she had had just earlier this dreary morning. Her mind needed to relax and escape the oncoming attack that she was soon to face when that battle horn was sounded just several days from now. Several painful days that would drag on her shoulders for when that time came the Kelvic was soon to face destruction head on and would be forced to laugh at the face of death, willingly or not. What was wrong with her? Was everyone who would be fighting experiencing this same painful gut feeling? Was everyone else receiving that pang of anxiety every time they thought about it? It reminded her of a dagger. A hard, magic enforced dagger that could reach you no matter where you went. Kind of like your shadow, only there to intrude your pain and nerves when you allowed it to gain an opening. But what did this mean for Septimus when she was a war horse. It was in her name. Every time she thought Septimus, she thought about her species. Then she would just have to remind herself all over again that it was her purpose and she was a miraculous war horse. One that would help win the war rather than fall to death's claws and mashing teeth. You Septimus shall not fall to the knees of death and the opponents. Do you wish to know why, dear child? For you are you! It is in you're blood! You are the seventh Kelvic! There is a reason you were slaved from those slavers! There was a reason your parents and an old equine friend got kidnapped for it that never would've happened you never would've been where you are still for that purpose. And that purpose is NOT to die in battle, understand? Now get your mopey ass feelings up and rest assured that you're going to be damn fine in those days! Zulrav is with you, where ever you go! Her conscience, luckily, was always there to pick herself up. Even when it did require some foul language and a bit of sweat. Wrapped in her ill and twisted thoughts, Septimus failed to realize where she was going and of course bumped into a fellow citizen of Riverfall. Little did Septimus know, this was Caila Denright; a huge worshiper of Zulrav, teacher of other Gods and Goddesses as well as a powerful fortune teller. "I am so sorry ma'am! That was completely my fault, are you alright?" the concerned and caring Septimus spit out. The woman chuckled with a slight smile and a comforting hand on Septimus' shoulder "Sweet child, I am perfectly fine, haha. 'Tis quite all right. I think the question in all of this is are you alright?" The panicking Septimus let out a sigh of relief. It was official. Her head was extremely messed up and wrapped up in itself. "I'm fine ma'am. I am so sorry." The woman looked at Septimus with a scowl somewhat like a child getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar then shook her head "You are too tensed up, and stressed, my dear. Follow me, please." Assuming she'd be perfectly fine with this woman Septimus followed her. After walking in complete and peaceful silence, Septimus followed the woman eagerly. The Kelvic couldn't wait to see what the woman wanted to show her. Had Zulrav answered her prayers or perhaps some other God or Goddess? Did this woman have an herb that could soothe the minds of those who had been having awfully bloody dreams? Caila sighed, stopped in front of a set of stairs then motioned for Septimus to sit, in which the Kelvic did so. "Forgive me, child, for I did not formerly introducing myself. I am Caila, a worshiper of Zulrav, teacher of the Gods as well as thy Goddesses, writer, and fortune teller. I have two gnosis marks as a Stormwarden. All in all, I help those who seek to be helped." Caila pulled out a tea cup from her satchel, only shortly before pulling out a pinch of crushed tea leaves. The woman looked in the sky, summoned a small and gentle wind that encircled her then allowed the crushed tea leaves to be picked up by the small wind. They circled around her then every single little particle of the leaves returned to the cup outstretched in the palm of Calia's hand softly swirling around inside. Calia then spat spit inside the cup to act as an adhesive for the crushed tea leaves. They were swirled by the wind inside the cup for a few more seconds only to soon stop. When the wind died down and Calia looked into the cup she closed her eyes and swallowed. "Dear child, your past is extremely rocky. Your foolish father, telling not friends but rather acquaintances that he had a Kelvic, war horse Kelvic, daughter. You possess such a clean soul, such an innocent white heart." Septimus cringed at the word war one more time then allowed the woman to continue speaking "Dear child, I see why you are so tensed. You are here not to relax and have fun like other but to fight the battle in several days. Soon that heart will be crimson red and blood shall be on your hands. Or hooves rather. These words make you scream inside your mind, your soul wants to run, and you are tantalizing yourself because you are thinking pessimistically. Somehow or another, you are not thinking about the bright side. Tell me my dear, what has gotten you into thinking this way?" Septimus sighed, thinking she might regret it soon after "I do this for my cause. It's my purpose. It's in my name so please ma'am, do not discourage the acts I am bound to commit soon. Those acts are approaching quickly on the horizon. I am stressed... because of a dream ma'am. It was awful. It was bloody and had flying guts and just plain out horrible. I witnessed my comrades fall dead, I witnessed my cousins save me only to get splattered by a giant flail far bigger than me. I witnessed my rider fly off into a million black shards of ravens and I saw my dead mother kiss my snout and fly off. Then I saw myself dying a slow and painful death shortly before having a long sword drove straight into my heart!" Septimus' words obviously shocked Calia for she looked at Septimus with eyebrows drawn and a transparent horror mask slowly disappearing into her face with every word Septimus spoke. "My dear, you have serious problems in your life. I do not know what had plagued you into thinking this way or what the force behind all of this is but you seek help. You seek an escape route, however, the only escape out of this is to face it head on. There are no giant flails in this world bigger than your true form, nor will there ever be. There's simply not enough metal to make that. Plus, how could one even lift it up? No one disappears into black shards that turn into ravens. It is simply a matter of evil that crept it's way into your mind while you let your guard down and you simply need to wake up and realize that none of it's possible. It's like a corn maze, that can be navigated out of with ease. Just cut through the stalks." Calia sighed, produced a semi strong wind in the cup, then watched as the remnants of the tea leaves were blown away into the wind, the spit dry now for another use. "I'll be sure to clean it later." she said as she noticed Septimus looking at it while she placed it back into her satchel. "And in your case, the only way to cut the stalks is to pray. Luckily, for you, you have stumbled across me. If you wish for an escape route, let me help you gain a knowledge so great that it will be a big wind to carry you away and gently place you back upon your hooves into a better place. If you seek help, allow me to teach you the Gods and Goddesses. If you wish to gain no such knowledge, get up and leave now but please do allow me to help you. Especially since you will be defending me and my home soon."

[Septimus]

"Ma'am, or Calia, I would love to accept if it wouldn't be a huge burden on you. But I am on a time frame, so I can't stay for long." The Kelvic looked at Calia's blue eyes that seemed to be beaming with wisdom. Despite how young her face looked she just seemed to have that special aura that someone old and wise has. Just someone who has experienced, seen, and learned a lot. It was a hard thing to explain, but it was the general idea. Perhaps it made sense? "Do not fret, Septimus. I only give most knowledge about Zulrav, then give a brief explanation of each God and Goddess then leave the rest for you to figure out on your own time or if you want to. But I do advise you check them out in the books at the library so you... understand them as much as you possibly can. Now, before we begin, any questions?" Septimus sighed, repositioning her weight on the hard steps then wiped her face with her head "Yes as a matter of fact, I do have one question. Ma'am you know everything about my life just by that short amount of time with the... the leaves. Why don't, in exchange for that, you tell me about yourself?" Calia hesitated "Yes... that would seem fairly reasonable. Knowledge for Knowledge, of course." The woman cleared her throat "I am Calia of course. I was born 62 years ago, Septimus. As you can imagine, I am getting up there for my age. But it doesn't show because I'm a Kelvic. I take the form of a Blue Fronted Amazon. And have about 20 years let if I keep myself straight, but anyways. That's good enough for I didn't dwell too much. Only enough to gather where I could help you." Looking for any sign of refusal or disagreement, Calia soon continued. "Starting with Zulrav." Calia took a seat in the middle of the dirty street and conjured up a gentle wind that danced through the air and kissed Septimus' skin and hair. "Zulrav, who I've been able to pick up on, is the main one you have praying to lately, correct? Well, Zulrav whom you may or may not know, is the God of everything practically needed for life. He is the God of storms, wind, and air. Storms bring water, air brings oxygen to breath and wind is just enjoyable for life to help bring brief periods of relief during a hot summer day. Calia lifted the sleeve of her shirt exposing a hurricane shaped gnosis mark from Zulrav "And I have one more." The avian Kelvic sighed "Now, Zulrav trusts those who receive his gnosis marks and for good reasons." Calia made the wind encircle Septimus, producing a strong and good sight of a messy haired Septimus. "Those who receive gnosis marks can become skilled users. For example, just listen." The wind died down and all was practically silent. A wind, ever so gentle, soon whipped through the air and as Septimus listened hard enough, she could hear the small wispy hello it carried as well as her name soon following. Septimus looked at Calia (who was smiling for she could understand by Septimus' facial features she had heard it). The equine was in shock but it was a good shock. "Even though we can be gentle we can be extremely strong and powerful." Soon a large and much more fierce gust of wind blew through the equine Kelvic's hair. Septimus could tell the elderly woman was putting a great force into it for her face showed much more concentration. "You see, his Stormwardens reflect himself. He can be gentle and caring or he can be fierce and violent. However, Zulrav is not one to be enemies with. Nor is he one to hold grudges or make enemies." Calia swallowed and the winds died down to a very almost not noticeable breeze. "Stormwardens are very beautiful beings then. For the wind is a beautiful element, the storms are a beautifully balanced being, and air is just... amazing. I respect you all, to even be able to be able to walk around with that gnosis from the great God himself." Septimus respectively smiled with a slight nod, and Calia had a pleased smile across her face. "You learn quickly when you want to, my dear." "No ma'am. I learn quickly when I have to." Calia chuckled under her breath with a happy and cheerful smile on her face "Septimus, you, dear gal, are quite the trip, are you not?" Septimus chuckled slightly then nodded her head with a smirk"I guess you could say that." Calia then moved onto a Goddess named Priskil.

[Septimus]

"Priskil is the Goddes of Radiance, Hope, Vigilance, and last but certainly not least, Light. I do not carry a gnosis from her so I cannot show you her gnosis powers, however, I will say they can be powerful as well. One of Priskil's followers with one gnosis mark can output a small glow of light from the palm of their hands, strengthen artificial light for some time and even feel light in other rooms thus it could aid them in several ways as you can see. At two marks, they can use light as a halo and a light armor for themselves or for someone else. As well, they can transmit hope, and so on. I have only ever came in contact with a woman who had one gnosis, however, it is on my goal list to find and seek someone with two but I am far too busy and weighed down here, but that's not a bad thing. Like I said, to learn more you'll have to find a book at the library. Questions before I move on?" Septimus nodded then looked at the sky, towards the slowly rising sun then pointed "So Priskil controls the sun?" Calia shook her head "Although a good observation, I'm afraid not. Syna is the Goddess of the sun but I suppose we can go ahead and get her out of the way. Any other questions?" Septimus shook head then watched at Calia continued "Alrighty, Syna is the Goddess of the Sun, Sight, Joy, and Energy. Syna's gnosis is Inavalti and my knowledge is limited on her a well as her followers so forgive me for the small amount of info. I think the only information I can recall is that they can view things that are being touched by the sun no matter where they are at. But I do know that they have a limit on the distance they can view." Septimus nodded once more then waited for her to continue, hinting she had no questions for the woman and Calia obviously caught on with a smile "Next, Tyveth. Tyveth is the God of Honor, Justice, Valor, Chivalry, and Truth. Being a Knight, I suppose he would be another big God for you to add along with others of course. Just a God I would look into. Tyveth possesses a gnosis called Truthism but none have it or have experienced it. No one has ever seen him for he hasn't made any documented appearances. I think that's about all the information you're going to get on him because I know just as much as everyone else and the books. Just no one knows and no one knows why." Calia scratched her head then sighed with a chuckle "Guess there's tons of questions you could ask, well, anyone could ask. Like I just said though, haha." "It makes me wonder sometimes and I somewhat find it amusing. The Gods and Goddesses can make no appearances but their effects are still felt throughout Mizahar. It's miraculous and quite amazing, is it not?" Calia dipped her head "And this is why you learn about all of those Gods so you can seek help at the right time. They may not make an appearance or ever be heard from but they can still help you." Septimus' bright sky blue eyes were beaming with hunger to learn more. The Gods were fascinating her much like a child being told a fairy tale and the ever most amazing thing about was they were real. Septimus couldn't believe for five years now that she had missed out on this! "Now, onto Wysar. Wysar is the God of Integrity, Conviction, and Discipline. Another God whom has not been heard from too much but he has made an appearance or two. Wysar's gnosis is Evantia but alas, this is another God whom I don't know too much too much about but I should and will soon. I'm afraid this might hurt but anywho, back onto the topic of the gnosis I'm not sure about the levels but I think it involves an aura of some sort and they can detect the intent and movements of their opponent? I believe it's something along those lines, but if you seek more knowledge, once again the library is around. Any questions?" "I think I'm all good right now. I do believe this knowledge will most definitely help me for the future." Septimus sighed, then sat back up against the stairs listening with a smile. A small breeze of wind shot through, obviously not summoned by Calia who took advantage and just felt it for any possible words it might be saying. For the time being, she was concentrated and her face showed it. "On to Laviku." Calia's face became grave and Septimus for the time being didn't know why. "Calia, are you okay, ma'am?" Septimus stood up and walked towards her with haste, towering over the woman's head once she arrived. Calia nodded her head with a subtle frown "Yes, Septimus. I am perfectly fine, everything is fine." she soon forced a smile upon her face and left Septimus extremely confused but the equine Kelvic returned to her normal position on the stairs, half focused.

[Septimus]

"Laviku is the God of the Seas. Although making no appearances that I know of so far, he does like to keep ties with his followers. Laviku's gnosis mark is Oceanus. They can befriend every animal in the sea and even turn salt water into fresh water. To them is is like a seventh sense. The way I was taught it was imagine all your life you have never been able to taste anything. Everything you ate was bland and had no flavor. Then, all the sudden you wake up and can taste anything! That's how it is for them. They can also find things between the depths, it's pretty cool. Like, for example, they can tell what animal or being is at whatever depth, I think you got it." Calia cleared her throat "Now, as you can probably tell, Laviku is another God in which my knowledge is limited. All of my mind lies within Zulrav's storms, figuratively, of course." Septimus stood up when Calia was done then smiled with a clap "Well, thank you, Calia. I most enjoyed it and it was a pleasure. It's definitely helped me and I'll be sure to remember them when I'm in a trench and need a rope to pull me out or just say thanks. So thank you, you don't know how much you've helped me!" Calia shook her head "Septimus, I'm not done yet." Septimus, out of habit, sort of cocked her head to the side out of confusion. "Sit, my dear." And once again, Septimus sat with a happy sigh to accompany, then tapped her wrist as if she had a clock with a playful smirk. Calia shrugged her shoulders then gave her a harmless and playful scowl like look in which Septimus backed down in the end then watched. Not that blasted tea cup of magic! Her conscience's dark side was soon shushed Shut up! That blasted tea cup of magic will help all of out for the better, dumb ass! Septimus' face showed no emotion besides a trace of happiness. She was finding her battling consciences amusing then looked back at Calia. This time, a stronger gust of wind than before blew past Septimus and towards Calia. Little did Septimus know, this wind was moving in an upwards motion once it hit Calia then soon rotated, hitting the ground, then flying back into it's cycle. The avian Kelvic pulled out more crushed and dried tea leaves then let the wind have at them as they were tossed into the fray, revealing the direction of the wind currents. It was a unique sight and it surprised Septimus how it had attracted no one yet as she looked around. Calia then brought out the "blasted tea cup of magic" then sat it on the ground in front of her. Soon the wind died down (or transferred more or less), and the cup was hovering somewhat. The tea leaves returned to the cup and were stirred up as Calia brought out a different silverly like liquid and placed a few small drops inside. The cup was placed in her hand and as the wind stopped the leaves quit moving. Calia looked inside the cup with a grim look then swallowed hard "Bad and good times are headed for you Septimus. It is hard to tell which will come first, but the bad will be extremely rocky. You will need to remain tough and strong to break through it and you will be rewarded with your life afterwards. Use what you receive to your advantage, always. Physically and mentally wise." Septimus had suspicions the woman wasn't telling her the entire truth "Please don't sugarcoat it, Calia! What does it say? Please tell me!" Calia showed her the cup then sighed "That's what it says Septimus. Give it all you've got out there or risk dying. That's what it says." Septimus looked inside the cup then sighed "And that's all it says? You wouldn't lie to me? Not even to save my feelings or thought?" Placing a hand on Septimus' shoulder Calia sighed "I swear to the Gods on my life that that is what that cup says. Like I said, give it all you've got, don't pull around half-ass, and you should be fine." Septimus nodded then looked at Calia in the eyes as she removed her hand "Goodbye Septimus. I have to get to Zulrav's Tower. Good luck and thank you for fighting on our behalf." Septimus nodded then sighed. "Oh! Before I go! Please, take this!" Calia pulled out a very small bottle with herbs in it "This is a relaxer that will help you calm your nerves. It has lavender, kava kava, and passion flower. Take it at night and it'll help you sleep. Otherwise, you'll be extremely drowsy. Take a very small pinch and that should do it." Septimus thanked Calia greatly, and then they parted ways with Septimus still trying to understand what exactly Calia had meant. Give it all I've got? At the battle? Septimus then held up the small bottle of herbs, then stuffed it in her pocket. What had started out as a walk, ended in Septimus leaving with a wider knowledge of the Gods and Goddesses, her past and future being told, a small bottle of herbs, and a stronger liking of Zulrav even more.

[Gossamer]

Character: Septimus
Experience: + 1 Observation, +4 Rhetoric, +3 Listening
Lore: Experiencing Battle Anxiety, Having your Fortune read, Unburdening your soul. Calia: Blue fronted amazon parrot, Zulrav: God of Winds and Weather. Zulrav: What his gnosis – Stormwarden – is. Priskill: Goddess of Radieance, Hope, and Vigance. Syna: Goddess of the Sun, Sight, Energy, and Joy. Syna: Gnosis is Inavatli. Tyveth: God of honor, Justice, Valor, Chivalry and the truth. Tyveth’s gnosis is Truthism. Wysar: God of Inegrity, Conviction, and Discipline. Wysar: His gnosis is Evantia, Laviku: God of the Seas. Laviku: Gnosis is called Oceanus.
Reward: Elixer of Relaxation made from lavender, Kava Kava and passion flower in it.


Additional Notes Interesting thread. Lots of lores!